shoveling flat (shuvlingflat)

In naval arch., a flat surface in a fire-room or coal bunker where coal may be shoveled conveniently. It is generally made of thicker iron to resist the wearing of the shovels. shoveller, n. See shoveler1, shoveler2. shovelnose (shuv'l-noz), п. 1. The shovel nosed sturgeon.-2. One of two different shovel-nosed sharks. (a) The sand-shark, Car char i as (or Odontaspis ) american us. (b) A cow-shark of the Pacific coast the United States, Hexanchus (or Not i dan us ) cor i nus.